Ratanlal Majumdar, a clerk in the Calcutta office of Geological
survey, loved to travel in remote places no one ever heard of. Though he could only
manage to go out of Calcutta once a year in the time of puja, this was no
exception when he visited Shini, as suggested by a colleague of his. He stayed
at Mahamaya hotel and as a part of his tour routine, he took a walk in the
afternoon, he enjoyed the sight of uneven terrains, pond with water lilies
growing in it with a large variety of birds. On the second day, he took a
different path in hope of discovering something new, and he did. He saw a
wooden bridge, he stood there and to the east he could see a railway station.
The very thought of train passing underneath and giving vibrations to the
bridge thrilled him. After sometime he notices a man standing beside him who
had an uncanny resemblance. Same dressing style, same facial features, they
were all strikingly identical. Even his name, Manilal Majumdar, sounded similar
to his. The only difference was that Manilal was a shade fairer than Ratanlal.
After talking for some time, Ratanlal realized that just like him, Manilal was
also in Dhuliyan last year, he also goes for trips on every puja, alone,
without any friends, and shockingly he was also told about Shini by a colleague
of his. On the way back, Ratan learnt that his home was in Calcutta and he
worked in a trading company, their salaries are even exactly same and both had
received exactly the same Puja bonus. These thoughts did not allow him to sleep
properly at night. The next day when he met him, Manilal told him that he could
not sleep all night, he just thought about how similar they were to each other.
The thought of them being almost similar actually made Ratan
more insecure when they were he heard comments from the public about calling
them Tweedledum and Tweedledee. So he decided to kill Manilal. He took Manilal
to the bridge and pushed him from the railing. The next day when the dead body
was found, it was estimated to be a suicide. Ratanlal felt relieved and had a
sound sleep that night. No more thoughts of them being identical or so haunted
him. The next day he went to the bridge for enjoying the underneath approaching
train for the last time. When the train arrived he suddenly felt someone is
standing behind him, he looked back but there was no one, he again looked at
the train, and felt a push from behind, he was thrown down the bridge by no
one.